COIM USA selected TexAmericas Center in Texarkana for a specialty chemical manufacturing expansion expected to represent approximately $50 million in investment.

According to TexAmericas Center, the project will build on COIM USA’s initial 2024 investment at the site and establish new production capacity in the Texarkana region. The expanded facility will serve as COIM USA’s Mid-South manufacturing and distribution platform.

The facility will also support the launch of a renewable polyol product line made primarily from cashew nutshell liquid, a rapidly renewable, plant-based feedstock. TexAmericas Center said the product line complements COIM USA’s existing Isoexter polyester polyol portfolio and expands the company’s offering of sustainable materials for customers in North America.

TexAmericas Center said the site is expected to serve as COIM USA’s first and largest U.S. manufacturing facility dedicated to its renewable CNSL-based polyol product line.

“This expansion represents a significant milestone in COIM USA's long-term growth strategy,” said Michelangelo Cavallo, president of COIM USA. “The TexAmericas Center location broadens our geographic reach, expands our sustainable portfolio, and enhances COIM USA's ability to serve customers with greater speed, efficiency, and resiliency.”

COIM plans to begin operations in the existing facility during the first quarter of 2027. The company is also planning an additional expansion at TexAmericas Center that is expected to add approximately 100 million lb of annual production capacity for additional specialty chemical product lines. Those expanded manufacturing facilities are expected to be operational by the first quarter of 2028.

The project builds on COIM USA’s 2024 investment at TexAmericas Center, when the company acquired a 20-acre site with a 25,000-square-foot rail-served facility and existing logistics and transload infrastructure.

COIM USA is recruiting for professional, technical and manufacturing positions associated with the project, including director of manufacturing, production manager, maintenance manager, quality control manager, quality control technicians and production operators. Additional jobs are expected as construction, commissioning and future expansion activities move forward.

“COIM's decision to expand in Texarkana validates the strength of our workforce, infrastructure, business climate, and industrial ecosystem,” said Scott Norton, CEO and executive director of TexAmericas Center. “This project represents exactly the type of advanced manufacturing investment we have worked to attract.”

Located in New Boston, Texas, TexAmericas Center owns and operates one of the largest mixed-use industrial parks in the United States. COIM USA is a subsidiary of COIM Group and produces polyesters, polyurethanes, adhesives, coatings, elastomers, composites and other high-performance materials.